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Click to view high resolution image Title: Siege of Paris Creator: Description: Joan of Arc, wearing armor from the waist up but a skirt bottom, directs the troops in the attack on English-controlled Paris around August 26, 1429. Source: Wikimedia Commons Rights: Public domain Subject (See Also): Archers Armor Castles Joan of Arc, Saint Warfare and Warriors Geographic Area: France Century: 15 Date: 1484 Related Work: Martial d’Auvergne, Vigiles du roi Charles VII Current Location: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS fr. 5054 fol. 66v Original Location: Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript illuminations Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment) Donor: Layman; Charles VIII, King of France Height/Width/Length(cm): // Inscription: Rubric: Comment la pucelle et les fra(n)coys vindrent devant paris. [How the young girl and the French came before Paris.] Related Resources:

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